Do Celebrities Have What it Takes to 'LINGO?' Find Out on Celebrity Episodes of LINGO in September

Trista Sutter and Rachel Hunter Face Off Against George Wendt and George Wallace and GSN Hosts Get Into the Act in Celebrity Episodes

Legendary Chuck Woolery Serves as Host, Shandi Finnessey, Miss USA 2004 as Co-Host

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 13 -- GSN, the network for games will run five special LINGO episodes starting Monday, September 26 thru September 30 (7:00-7:30 PM, ET/PT). Hosted by Chuck Woolery and co-hosted by Shandi Finnessey, LINGO will test the word guessing skills of several celebrities, including talent from other GSN original series.

The special episodes include:

Monday, September 26

Trista Sutter ("The Bachelorette") and Rachel Hunter ("Dancing with the Stars") vs. George Wendt ("Cheers") and comedian George Wallace

Tuesday, September 27

Zach Selwyn and Dodgy (Host and official mascot of EXTREME DODGEBALL) vs. Bil Dwyer and Michele Merkin (Host and Sideline Reporter on EXTREME DODGEBALL)

Wednesday, September 28

Lisa Dergan and John Ahlers (Sideline Reporter and Host of POKER ROYALE) vs. Kenna James and Kathy Liebert (POKER ROYALE players)

Thursday, September 29

Sal Masekela and Ewa Laurance (Host and Co-host of BALLBREAKERS) vs. Ty Yapelli and Laurie Wagner (BALLBREAKERS contestants)

Friday, September 30

Spencer Rice (star of KENNY VS. SPENNY) and contestant Sepideh Haftgoli vs. Kenny Hotz (star of KENNY VS. SPENNY) and contestant Bridgetta Tomarchio.

Host Woolery is known by audiences worldwide for such popular classics as "Love Connection" and "Greed," both of which air on GSN, in addition to "Scrabble" and the first seven years of "Wheel of Fortune." Co-host Finnessey (Miss USA 2004), originally from St. Louis, has a master's degree in counseling. She has written a children's book, "The Furrtails," as part of her goal to integrate developmentally challenged children into regular classrooms.

During the first two rounds of LINGO, two teams of two contestants compete to see who can guess the most mystery five-letter words. When a team guesses a word correctly, they earn points toward the right to blindly select two numbered balls whose numbers match the 24 numbers on the team's bingo-style Lingo board.

When a team gets five numbers in a row (horizontally, vertically or diagonally), they achieve "Lingo" and win additional points. The higher-scoring team then moves onto the final round where they attempt to correctly identify as many words as they can in two minutes to earn up to $10,000.

LINGO is produced by Laurelwood Entertainment. Phil Gurin ("The Weakest Link") and Marc Jansen serve as executive producers.

GSN, the Network for Games, is the only U.S. television network dedicated to game-related programming and interactive game playing. The network features game shows, reality series, documentaries, alternative sports programs and casino games. As the industry leader in interactivity, GSN features over 100 hours per week of interactive programming, which allows viewers a chance to win prizes by playing along with GSN's televised games via GSN.com. Reaching 57 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. For further media information, visit GSN's press website at corp.gsn.com.

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